| LC control no. | n 81136712 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Haute-Vienne (France) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | France--Haute-Vienne |
| Variant(s) | Vienne, Haute-, France (Dept.) Département de la Haute-Vienne (France) |
| Beginning date | 1790-03-04 |
| Associated country | France |
| Associated place | Rochechouart (France : Arrondissement) Limoges (France : Arrondissement) Bellac (France : Arrondissement) Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France) Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes (France) Limousin (France) |
| Located | Limoges (France) |
| Found in | BGN 10/27/81 (Département de la Haute-Vienne, ADM1, 45°50ʹN,1°10ʹE) GEOnet, 23 November 2016 (Département de la Haute-Vienne (approved); Haute-Vienne (short); geopolitical entity name: France; first-order administrative division name: Nouvelle-Aquitaine; 45° 50ʹ 0ʺ N, 001° 10ʹ 0ʺ E; 45.833333 [N], 1.166667 [E]; second-order administrative division) Wikipedia, 23 November 2016: Haute-Vienne (Haute-Vienne; a French department named after the river Vienne; one of the 12 departments that together constitute the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine; three arrondissements (administrative regions) in the department: the Arrondissement of Limoges; the Arrondissement of Bellac; and the Arrondissement of Rochechouart; the chief and largest city in the department is Limoges; the department was created on 4 March 1790, during the French Revolution, the southern half being a subdivision of the Region of Limousin while the northern half was carved out of the county of Marche, as well as some parts of Angoumois and Poitou; at first it was given the number 81, but in the 19th century, the number was changed to the 87th department; 45° 50ʹ 0ʺ N, 1° 16ʹ 0ʺ E; 45.833333 [N], 1.266667 [E]) Limousin (Limousin; a former administrative region of France; since 1 January 2016, is part of the new region Nouvelle Aquitaine; composed of three departments: Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne; modern region of Limousin essentially composed of two historical French provinces: Limousin and Marche) Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Nouvelle-Aquitaine; the largest administrative region in France; created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 through the merger of 3 regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes; the new region came into existence on 1 January 2016; the region's interim name, Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, was a hyphenated placename; on 27 June 2016, just a few days ahead of the 1 July deadline, the Regional council adopted Nouvelle-Aquitaine as the new region's permanent name) |
| Geographic area code | e-fr--- |
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